Back Office Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Back Office
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in contract job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 15 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 61 69
Rank change year-on-year 0 +8 +33
Contract jobs citing Back Office 2 4 9
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.31% 0.65% 1.07%
As % of the General category 0.51% 0.84% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £448
25th Percentile - - £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £675
Median % change year-on-year - - +52.03%
75th Percentile - - £688
90th Percentile - - £695
Scotland median daily rate £450 £404 £650
% change year-on-year +11.39% -37.85% +53.85%

All General Skills
Edinburgh

Back Office falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 391 474 633
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 61.38% 76.70% 75.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 265 368
10th Percentile £150 £192 £178
25th Percentile £354 £363 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £478
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -5.76% +0.53%
75th Percentile £540 £538 £575
90th Percentile £652 £628 £663
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 17 32
10th Percentile £17.23 £21.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £30.50 £22.22 £16.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £24.18 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +106.78% -46.27% +111.67%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.66 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £30.74 £69.25
Scotland median hourly rate £16.25 £23.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -29.35% +17.95% +18.18%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Back Office relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Back Office job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Back Office
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Back Office.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Back Office

Back Office
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Back Office.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Back Office

Back Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 1 (50.00%) Angular Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) Express.js
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) Node.js
1 2 (100.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (50.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle